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High profile civic activists, opposition members released through amnesty in Azerbaijan

March 16, 2019

Almost 400 people will be released as part of the amnesty decree

Mass shawarma poisoning in Baku

March 15, 2019

Seven students were hospitalized, but their lives are not in danger

US State Department: human rights situation in Azerbaijan is deplorable

March 14, 2019

The US State Department's report for 2018 touches on the lack of freedom of the press, torture and political prisoners in the country

Armenia holds security meeting in Karabakh, Azerbaijan flexes its muscles with large military exercises

Azerbaijan-Armenia

March 13, 2019

The Armenian Security Council has held its first ever meeting in Nagorno-Karabakh. Why?

Moscow accuses Azerbaijan of discriminating against Russian citizens who are ethnic Armenians

March 13, 2019

The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned citizens that ‘Azerbaijan may refuse [them] entry under the pretext of the Karabakh conflict’

Azerbaijani officials against divorce float ‘compatibility checks’ before marriage

March 11, 2019

The Family Affairs Committee says psychological incompatibility is at fault for divorce rates in the country

Azerbaijan’s first ever feminist march ends in bizarre confrontation

March 09, 2019

‘Aggressive older women’ attempted to disperse the first feminist march in the history of Azerbaijan

Baku police disperse feminist rally on International Women’s Day

March 08, 2019

A number of demonstrators have been detained

New homes being built for Azerbaijan earthquake victims

March 07, 2019

The foundation of a multistory building has already been laid in Shamakhi

More than a dozen participants in deadly Ganja protest sentenced to five years in prison

March 06, 2019

The details surrounding their involvement in the protest remain unknown

Op-ed: 7 things that will surprise you in Vilnius

March 06, 2019

Kombucha – an old acquaintance in a new guise

Two Karabakh refugees killed in Baku communal housing fire

March 06, 2019

While the Azerbaijani government has provided many refugees with housing, others continue to live in hostels and other forms of temporary housing

Title: Protest rally in Baku: journalists demand no-fly ban be lifted

March 06, 2019

Protesters were told that "the process is underway."

Russia extradites Talysh rights activist to Baku

March 02, 2019

Prior to being arrested, Abbasov lived for 25 years in Russia in self-imposed exile

Blogger, recognized prisoner of conscience, released from prison in Azerbaijan

March 02, 2019

Mehman Huseynov served two years on libel charges and was almost sentenced to another seven years in jail

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili stirs the pot in Baku on first regional visit

February 28, 2019

“We are both going through what it means to have our country’s territories occupied”

Azerbaijan significantly increases social security benefits for families, disabled

February 27, 2019

Social security handouts barely cover the established consumer basket prices, but they have been significantly increased

Anniversary of Khojaly tragedy in Azerbaijan: thousands march, opposition clashes with police

February 26, 2019

Twenty-seven years have passed since hundreds lost their lives in one of the bloodiest scenes in the Karabakh conflict

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